The Sun. — London, England, 1864-07-26 00:00:00

ONEY 31 AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.The ectivity noticed in the gene ra l di scount market yesterday continues unabated to-. Bankers and brokers still evince little faith in day the present condition of monetary affiirs, and refuse even first-class bills under 7i per cent. Con sequently, the Bank of England have transacted g the larger amount of business brouht forward, as the commercial publc find it to their advantage to resort to the national establishment for senora =dation. Roxburgh Castle, from Melbourne, has brought £24,500. During the last few days there hqs been very little animation in the Foreign and Colonial Pro duce Markets. Sugar has been depressed, while the dealings in coffee have been on a very restricted Beale, without material change in prices. Rice, fruit, and spices have been without material altera tion in value, bat tallow has been in more request, at slightly enhanced rates for both present and for. ward delivery. It has been announced that the share list of the Iludiskvall and Forssa Steam Sawing Mill Com pany will close to•day for London, and tomorrow for applications from the country. The British and Netherlands India Bank has been announced under the auspices of the Merchant Banking Company of London. The capital is to be X 2,000,000, the first issue to consist of half the amount in shares of £5O each, and operations are to extend to India, China, Japan, Australia, and the Eastern Archipelago. These countries, it is said, have outran their existing banking accommodation, and the necessity presses hard and severe upon trade in these parts for increased monetary facilities. The sew institution proposes to meet this necessity by entering these large fields of enterprise, and also by stimulating the financial and commercial business of these countries. It will commence opera.. tions under promises of valuable and extensive support, and at a time when the joint stock print ciple in banking is penetrating the East. Two O'CLOCK. At Paris, this day, according to Mr. Renter's telegram, the Three per Cent. Rentes were 86f. 10c., and very quiet. The markets for English stocks and shares are still depressed and inactive. The belief that money Will be further increased influences operators to sell securities, and hence the decline in values. No alteration, however, has ozcurred this morning in the Funds, Consols being 891, 90 for money, and 90 i a for the account. The New Threes and Reis dueed Annuities are 89k o ; Exchequer Bills, Bs. to 3s. dis. 'for March, and 5s dis. to par for June, India 5 per cent. 104 a 1, and ditto 4 per cents. 99k. The Foreign Market has likewise exhibited an Inactive appearance, with no material changes in prices. Mexican ex all are * lower, being 281 but the New Stock remains at 261 ; Greek are again 231 241 ; S pan i sh Passive, 2131 1 Turkish Consolides, 491 501; and the Confederate LORII continues flat at the former decline, viz., 75 77. Business in the Railway Share Market has been rather inactive, and in some instances prices have shown less firmness, Great Northern A Stock have declined about 15.., and Great Eastern 58. ; While Midland have improved 158.; South Eastern, as.; and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, and North Western, 10s. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings remain Without any material change. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have been dealt in to a fair extent, Alliance Bank having improved to 67; London Joint Stock to 50i; Oriental Bank to Go; London and Westminster have declined to 98 9 9; and Hudson Bay Company to 17i. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 Per Cent. Consols • B9/ 90 Do Account, Aug. 9 .... 94 / 3 per 8 Cent. Reduced pe New 3 r Ct. B9il i New 21 per Ce en nt. Jan. 1891 .... Do 5 p er C ent., J an. 1873 Annuitie s 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do f or 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 14a Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 March. June. Exchequer Bill s , £l , OOO , 3 & 31 per Cent 5 Do £500 Do £lOO and £2OO .. 8 4 Bank England Stk, 51 per Ct. 1)0 Account.. — INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 — Do Account — , Do 5 p er C en t. J u l y , 1870 Do Account — Do 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 991 Do Certificates Do Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 — Do 5 1 per Cent., May, 1879 — Do 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 ... Do under £l,OOO .... FOREIGN FUNDS —ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent — Do 1859...~,.. ...... Do 4} p er C ent., 1852-58-60 Do 1863 — . Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent - Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) — Chili= 6 per Cent. Do 4} pe t C en t..... .. B2 Colombi an 6 per Co— Cuba, 6 per Cent. Do 5 per Cent. 1864 — Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent..... Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 1021 a / _Do, Second Issue - .. 102/ Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons.. 0 Do Account Do Coupons ...Do A ccount .) G ....• uatemala 5 per Cent. Do 1839 and 1859 Italian 5 per Cent.(Marenamana Railway) )31exican 3 per Cent Do Account Do 6 per Cent, 1864 Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c - die Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French — Ditto Scrip, £23 paid.... — Moorish Imperial 0 per Cent Do 2 per Cent. Do Deterred 71 _ Do Land W arrants (H ectares) _ Peruvian 41 per Cent Do 3 per Cent. (Cribarren) .. Do Account — Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 — Do Account — Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62;3 — Do Account 47k 8/ Ituzssian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St 9ll 2 Do Do 4i per Cent., 1850 B5l 1860 Do 3 p er C en t 1859 . Do 6 per Cent, 1862 Do Anglo-Dutch S 12 /0 Scrip,_ per C Do . Account S pansh 3 per Cent 1) 0 Account D 0 New Deferred Do Account — Do Passi ~_ vo elio Account P4'lish Cert. of Coup not funded t, 00. Account 10 "vediaj a , 4 Do s . per Cent PER Turki er 'P, £6O paid _ , 84 6 per Cent. 1854 Lo Account Do 6 i)G Apex Cent. 1858 • • • 0 i'' lint . ... 72 i D° Dog o u Bonds per Cent. 1862 — A ccout Do £loo B ond s 69a 70 On Do 1863 1„._130 G uaranteed, 4 per Cent. , enezuela 3 per Cent. Do Account ..... .._ ............... 2:41 bDo 6 Crp Cent., 1862......1..........* D Acco unt.... 0 scrip £3O ;;li . , . oo ii per 00n. .. .............. .. • 7 i dis t Austrian, 5 per Cent.. Ex. 10 Florins. .... Belgi an . 4i per Cent., Ex. 25f.. ~.. Do Account.. ..•. .1-)uteli. 2/ per Cent., ER. l2 ",Giii.. .1 Do 4 per Cent. Certificates . ... It e 5 per Cent ., 1861 5 Ex. 25 f; -4 ancs ,67 q De t ...... —.. ' Fren c h R entes ... , 2 per • Cent ... .. ............. -- Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 41 1 ) jel per Ct. E x. 4s. nlontese, 5 per Cent., Ex. 25f ...... T WO O'CLO C K . Consols Money .0 89k 90 1)0 Account..... 1.4 Liverpool Cotton Market—This Da: uir amount of business going Prid ay ' o rtltee. Salta probtibly 7,000 hi on at last es. stock BCE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share Railways. I Paid. 1 t 3.14.; Bir.. Wol., and Str. Val. litythe and Tyne. fl ost.,Sleat.,andMid.Uo Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cora and Ban.dou Corn wa 1 Do A t A gets no dig Do. B tillOpc.n an..i l as been to B Du blin & 7oellast Junc.l Dun. ,ertholiAb.Junc.! ti-lasgow.l I(Msg. and S. Western. Grealnotern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian a G reat No rt hot Scotland .irent Northern Do A stook Do B do Gt. S. an I W. of Irelano Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashire Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & Scr.th Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do t shares... , Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Birming. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. 4 shares Mid Kert Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle , North London Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Soot tish Central Scot. N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welohpoo, Shropshire Union South Devon ..... South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok., and Wok Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, IS6G Taff Va1e.............. Do P Do C 4.18.41 1410 Ulster Do Do 1 Vale of Neath Vietorla sta. and Pfra Waterford Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Ilar.ezit 1 West Midland --Oxford Do Newport) Do Ilerefordi 100 all all all all 100 100 100 6.1A4 Closing Price. II •} 9 el 86 137 324 125 6 7 35 36 16 17 91 03 110 112 48 49 7# 71 134'7 140 lee 162 128 132 PO 0: C9l 644 1181 1181 70 105 iO6 45 (7 1161 117 (8 99 61i (4 113 114 137} 138 108 110 54 G 5 25 16 108. 1(A) 1344 65i 98 97 126 129 1 2 p 8L 83 11i 121 130 38 40 58 60 85 1,7 93} 94 103 105 8 9 371 381 101 114. ,- AI 9 4 I 165 170 6 7 3 4 Business done. 105 110 69 i 118 1051 5 41 1151 98i 9 65i 5 111 i 1372 ' 33 36 63} 95 I BRITISH POSSE Paid. all 100 7i all all 103 100 100 100 100 100 100 SSIONS. Railways Closirg Price. 59 61. - 102 IC3 4.tlantlet & St Lawrenci Born., Baroda&.Cent Inc Gu. 5 per cent — Do. New ....... Do. E. Shares Belialo and Lake fluor Do. Preference Bullalo,Brant,&Gotirich p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 187: Do. do. July 1, 187: Do. do. June 1, IZii, Cloutta.&S.Eastn. (Lin , Cape Town Deck Seri; Nnstn. Bengal gu. 6 p. East Indian. go. 5 p. c. Do. do. G Ext Do. do. II do. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 3d PI ef. stock ... Do. do. deferred...... Do. 4th Pref. stock... Do. do. deferred...... Gt.lndiaPenln.gua.sp.c Do. Newgua. 5 p. a... Do. January, 1862 .. Gt. South.of India(Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada ShareE Park p 8 9 77 82 77 8 77 82 99 ILO 45 97 104 106 t 3 t PI E t r 19 20 72 74 61 63 66 68 55 67 48 5! 43 15 29 31 27 29 103 104 I dv 101 1(2 9/ 10 11 11i, 89 91 82 81 d ip 100 10) 93 05 90 92 Do. New ...... Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. 5 p. o. do. '77-8.... Indian Branch Limited Madras guar., 5 p. C. DO.ll p. 0. Extension Dc. 4),; d 0........ Do. Fifth Extension. Melb.Corp. 6 p. o. Bnds 3lelb. & Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. c. tdortg. Bds. Newßrunswick a Canda Class A and B. N.ltl.C'daS po Ist pi bds, &bade Do. Delhi • Do. d 0....... ••. • ' 5. Do. Punjaub z Do. Do. Do. imiuo.St. Flo ) 58 CO all 100 (100 ' 100 2 all t 100 3 6 82 81 101} 10? f 100 101 pr fp, tuo 101 93 9.5 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. A.,z.xaiov. p.c.J& tit) Do. A p. c. Feb. lz Do. 6p. c. Mar. Sept. Do. 5 p. c. Jan.&July. Do. 5 Inseribed stock Cape G.Llopc, 6 p c,1878 Do.Ap &Oct 1830 Do. 189[ Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. Ceylon, N0v.1873, B p illauritius 6 per cent .. ;Natal Gov. 6 per cent.. IN.B.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. N. S.W. Gov. 5 p Do. p. c.,18/1 to 187 c Do. do., /883 &upwds ,New Zealand 6 p cent. ;Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c. I sterling, 1875........ !Queensland Gcv. G p. o. S. Aus G6p.c.1878.& up.. Vio.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July , Do. lo 8 p.m An.&Oot. 99 101 100 103 100 103 88 00 88 VO 104 106 W 7 109 IC9 111 107 109 111 113 1 , :5 107 106 ICB 9.1 101 97 99 97 98 97i 98i 100 100 100 100 100 100 102 103 101 106 108 Ito} i BRITISH MINES. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 3d ,;litTord Amalgamated 3 4 Devon G. Cone. (Taoist ) 1 575 685 East Bassett (Illogan) 30 66 68 East Clogau Gold Ltd , East Caradon ..... 2.14.5 273 284 East earn Brea... 3.4.0 7 yi E. WI Russel (Tavistk.) 8.13.0 43 5 - ;Gam.&St.AuDyn(Gwen ) 58t 6 8 !Great South Tolgus 17s 21 21 iG. Wheal Vor (11elston 40 28 80 29 Grenville 6.16.1 61 74 Her d's-F00t...... 8.12 68 40 11 ingston Downs 4.18.0 33 43 Lady Bertha - - Margaret (tiny Lela= 93 8 10 Marke Valley. 4 Myndy Iron Oro (Lim ; 23 15 1 6 New Setun l9l 75 85 -• North Downs 2l 13 2 N.Wh'l Basset (Mogan 3.1.0 13 13 North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blaze) 20 E'rovidence(Uny Lelnt.) 10.0.7 31 41 SouthCaradon(St.Cleer, It 455 475 S. Care Brea (Illogan.) S.Wheal Fran. (Illo%;an 18.18.9 45 50 - Stray Park - famar Silv.St Lead Alin. - fin Crott 9 17 18 - West Basset (111ozan) l3 9 10 W Cr radon (Liskeard) 5 15 17 West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan; 53 873 821 Wheal Buller(Redruth) 10 57 29 Wheal Kitty (li.Lelant) 2.0.5 WhealLndcott ‘Vheal Mary Ann ;Men , 8 13 15 I Wheal Beton . 583 225 230 Wheal Treiawney (Lis.) 7 19 21 - I whpßl Union 3.17 i 14 2 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great northern, 5 per cent.. red. atllo per cent. pm., 112 k per cent., redeemable at 10 per cent., 106 k London, Chatham, and Dover 5 per cent. pref., 97 PREFEMENCE SHARES AND ISTOCKS. London, Brighton, &c., 41 per cent., 1855, 101 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTAL& London, Tilbury, and Southend, Ito FOREIGN RAILWAY& Great Luxembourg, 10/ San Paulo (lira.), gua. 7 per cent., 101 West Flanders, 7i FOREIGN MUTE& Cape Copper, lira., 10i Fortuna (lim.), 31 St. John del Rey (lim.), 3R 7i United Mexican lita;, Yudanamutana of S. Australia, lira., gt BANKS. Agra and Ilisterman's (1.1n1), Ditto (4t), 27 Alliance (Lim.). 67 Ditto, new, 601 ; Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 401 Ditto, new, 396 Eit Consolidated Bans, lira., lit East London, lira., 8 English, Scotch, and Australian CharteredZ22k European Bank, lira., 146 Hindustan, china, and Japan (lira.), Ditto, new, 21i Imperial Bank of India, china, and Japan, lint, 5i Imperial Ottoman,:ls; Land Mortgage Bank of India, lira., 5 London and Brazilian (Brno, 48 London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, Pitt°, new, 86 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 25 London and County, 746 56 Loudon Joint Stock, to; London and Northern, litre., 226 London and South African, 24; London and 11 esttninster, 1.9 Merchant Bank, lim., 24i 5 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, lira., 276 National of Liverpool, limited, Ditto, new, 53 Scinde, Punjab, and Delhi, Um., South E istern, Ern., 76 Si u li tj nn n 000 Union of Ireland, A L o u n s t d r o a n l a, t , isir s i 22 111ISCELLANEOla8. Berlin Water Work, lirn., 91 Commercial Union, Insurance, of Credit .31obri , r, 1C Discount Corporation, 15} Egyptian Corn. and Trading, lint, 4} Electric Telezrapil. its} Fore -street Warehouse, litn., 7i 8 Credit and Finalize of London, lim., 7} Ditto, new,4l home and C )lonial A ssurance, lim Hudson's Bay, 17i Imperial Mercantile Credit Asso.,lint, 9 1- In ternational Financial society , lira., 10 Jj I nternational .Land Credit, liin., 4 Joint Stock Discount, lira., 74 a I.olldOni Financial As6OciatiOn, 27i 89 8 f 7i gh arc 100 sk 1 20 201 10 WO 100 100 nook stack stook 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 'took !took stock stock stock 20 stook stock stock, TUE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 26, 1864. IMPERIAL FARLIAXENT ROUSE OF LORDS—Last Evening. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at 6 o'clock, there having been a Royal Commission, al which certain bills receeived the royal assent.' THE SCOTTISH CLERGY DISABILITIES BILL. Tha Commons' amendments to this bill were agreed to. DENMARK. Lord CAMPBELL said—My lords, I trust that I shall not oppose the wishes of the house in now proceeding with my notice, in spite of that which has been given by a noble call over the way, and which opens a wider field in regard to foreign policy. I should have been inclined to with draw mine, although his was subsequently given and stands for a later day, were it not that such a course would de prive a noble marquis near me (Lord Clanricarde), long versed in these affairs, of the latest opportunity for dis cussing our present situation. My lords, it will be easy to explain the question I propose to put, as to whether the Treaty of 1852 and the older treaties relative to Schleswig have any further international validity, and the motion I submit for recent correspondence on the Fut ject. Accord ing to a general impression, the reverses and the losses our diplomacy has suffered impose some lino of action, or at least suggest It, to redeem our crodit, to reinstate our influence, and to indemnify to the Continent to the greatest possible extent for the evils our discomfiture has so lately brought upon it. But until these treaties are in some degree considered and disposed of, no such compen sating lino appears feasible or offered. They bind us to uphold a past or at least an evanescent situation, and do not well admit of our being parties to a new one. They pledge us to sustain a fabric which is crumbling, and hardly seems to warrant us in building on the vacancy. At the same time, my lords, it is far from my intention to disparage them. The proposition I have hazarded— viz , that a new line of action, if required, would rather make it logical and just to dwell upon their gravity. The clearest ground for the necessity of diplomatic and poli tical repair is that in the torrent of events we have de parted from engagements not to bo denied, and hitherto held sacred. As regards the Treaty of 1852, which is SO familiar, nothing need be said, except that its apparent aim is a serious disparagement to the country under whose auspices it came into existence, and by whom it has been so frequently and ineffectually ap pealed to. The gravity of those treaties by which the Duchy of Schleswig has been guaranteed to Den mark bears far more than one consideration. Although they date from 1720 they also date from 1814. It is a fal lacy to think that they are buried like an ancient temple in the dust which ages heap upon it. At the end of the great war the Treaty of Kiel revived and re-established them. Besides this, in 1826, Great Britain recognised and acted on treaties identical in scope, in character, and circum stances. Mr Canning, in defending the British expedition to the Tagus, stood upon two guarantees of Portugal —given, one in 1661, the other in 1703, and of which both were re established at the Treaty of Vienna. It will thus be seen by your lordships that the guarantees of Schleswig were coeval in their second birth with those of Portugal, and less remote in their original concession. ,The principle of Mr Canning with regard to those of Portugal went to the ex tent that the faith and honour of the country were involved in their observance, no matter how great the risk it might contain, no matter how doubtful or minute the British interest connected with it. Mr Canning, in his famous speech of December, 1826, was not the leader of a party only, but the organ of an empire. The country acted on the doctrine he advanced, and took a measure which, although it ended in the quick and bloodless victory of right, might have embroiled us not only with Spain, but France, and the three despotic Powers which impelled them against Portugal. If, therefore, and the point will hardly be contested, the guarantees of Portugal and the guaran tees of Schleswig stand on the same basis, the indirect acknowledgment which the last received in 1826 was bril liant and emphatic. No English politician can see Schles wig torn from Denmark without the same regret, at least the same humiliation ho would feel if Portugal was con quered. He must desire a compensation and a balance for a result by which the credit of Great Britain is so inju riously altered. But the lapse of treaties ana oblivion of engagements is not the only ground for seeking a new policy. The general position of the Continent can hardly fail to offer us another. He cannot help observing every tendency and movement which Great Britain would desire to avert. We see France, to avoid all exaggeration, colder than she used to be. We see Russia and the German Powers obviously combining. If they were not combined, could Denmark have been trampled on ? Do you believe the German Powers would have ventured on that course had Russia actively discoun tenanced it? If they had not combined, could Poland have been cast into a deeper tomb than that which formerly com pressed her ? If they had not combined, would Austria have been detached from the path on which a year ago it was the triumph of the Foreign-office to have set her, and from which she has relapsed into the ancient mire she had quitted? We see upon the Continent—these are facts which cannot be disputed—the objects of the country, battled, and her remonstrances despised. Let any one compare in foreign policy the Britain of 1815, or that of 1826, or that of 1841, with that of the present moment; he must be tempted to indulge in terms, which I, in order to avoid the semblance of heat, shall studiously refrain from. But what, my lords, enhances the regret adds to the desire of reparation. In any foreign capital we should hear some thing of the errors from which the situation had arisen. In Copenhagen we should hear that the despatch of Sep tember, 1862, had lent an impulse to the German move ment which never afterwards subsided. This very day, a well-known journal has a letter from that city, alleging, what indeed we knew before, that its inhabitants attribute to that despatch the tide of evils which engulfs them. At Paris we should be informed that the obstacles presented by Great Britain to the Congress in November had altered the alliance, had estranged the Emperor, at the very moment when the death of the King of Denmark and the im pending crisis made such consequences doubly alarming. And will any ono at present venture to assert that the latent and contingent inconveniences, which perhaps resided in the project of a Congress, outweighed the broad and pal pable calamities which its refusal has inflicted upon Europe. At St. Petersburg we should be told of the delu sion which led our Foreign-office to count on Russia in the autumn, when our conduct on the Polish question had excited her resentment; when the Russian and the German objects were identical upon the Baltic; when the necessity and policy of Russia was to exchange support and succour both at Berlin and Vienna. In any capital the English traveller would hear that to insist upon the Conference without preliminary measures to support it was to run into inevitable failure. It was said before the Conference began, and this will be admitted, that success alone can vindicate a measure which at the outset all the world condemns as idle for its purpose. If it is true, my lords, after a brief and unimpassioned view of what has happened, that our treaties have been sacrificed, if it is true that our objects have been baffled, and also that our errors are conspicuous, I venture to maintain that a desire must suggest itself for something in the nature of en indemnifying 'policy. Te rescue Denmark is assumed to be impoasible, But the fragment of that kingdom can not starae alone without the territory wh:ch we have not been able to secure to it. It is hardly requisite to show that a nation composed of North Jutland and tne islands, reduced in population and revenue, no longer leading on the Baltic, without a military frontier, assailable by Germany from Sles wig, assailable by Germany on the seacoast, and at the same time the object of its wishes, would not be able to main tain, itself. Eventually it must become absorbed in Ger aaany, unless a Scandinavian union happens to preserve it. Both in Sweden and in Denmark a considerable party are known to lean to such an union. If the treaty of 1852 is gone, dynastio circumstances favour it. Before now its advantages to Europe have been stated. But they are summed up in the jealousy with which—as the despatches before your lordships show—it is re garded at St, Petersburg. What inspires that jealousy ? A. Scandinavian union could not act aggressively on Russia. Its population could not go beyond 10,000,000, while that of Russia, as your lordships well know, is 7 0 ,000,000. The jealousy arises from the fact, and only freen the fact, that euch an union would retard the growth of Russian power on the Bettie. While Russia menaces the East, defies the treaty of Vienna, detaches Austria from the wholesome concert in which the Western Powers had succeeded in engaging her, it is not our policy to encourage her maritime ambition on the Baltic. On the contrary, it seems to be our policy to check it. No doubt, my lords, the union of the Scandinavian countries could not be promoted accept by France and Great Britain cordially co-operating, Such a line could only be pursued with tenderness to vested rights, to popular ideas, and diplomatic complications. It could only be pursued by cautious steps and well - concerted movements. But before it is denounced as visionary or irrelevant, your lordships ought to glance at the alternative. The alternative con tains a series of intelligible evils. When Denmark lapses altogether into Germany, you have to bear the unmitigated triumph of that false and hypocritical aggression, which has shocked us; the no less complete humiliation of the power whose diplomacy endeavoured to restrain it ; the aggran disement of Russia at the Baltic through her influence on Germany; the defencelessness of Sweden no longer fortified by Denmark; the right of any country strong enough to kindle war in Europe when its balance had so materially altered ; the general decline of public law after the blows it would receive and the encroachments it would euffer in the event lam supposing. But whether or not we ought to favour Scandinavian union as the best result of the misfortunes which have happened to ourselves and to the world. Dismissing altogether such a topic, it is still essential to determine the operation of the treaties which the notice has referred to. Were it our policy to make Denmark German, or to sustain her weak, denuded, and dismantled in her islands, the question would not be irrelevant. No line of action seems to ,be legitimate until we understand the manner in which, the treaties bear upon us. It would be satisfactory, no doubt, if the Government would say that they continued to acknowledge them, that combinations might be yet formed for giving them effect, that it was not too late to rescue Denmark, and recover our honour, Such language ail would hail, and nobody anticipates. It would be admissible, although net a source of pride, if the Government declared that over ruling circumstances rendered it impossible to execute the treaties : that their utility was gone, and that the ground was cleared for a line of action they had hitherto debarred us from. But to connive at them, ignore them, hush them up ; at one time to call them immaterial because the cams fiederis has not arisen, and when it has disastrously oc curred to hang them in silence ; to pretend that we are ready to enforce the guarantee of Russian Saxony, while that of Schleswig perishes without apology before us, is inadmis sible, derogatory to the Crown and not to be encouraged by the Legislature. That course the Government will now have the opportunity of quitting. I will not detain your lordships but move for the correspondence I have asked for. Earl GRANVILLE declined to enter upon a discussion of the question whether the honour of England had or had not been lowered by the conduct of the Government, see ing that both houses of Parliament had recently come to a formal vote on the sul jeet. As to the cinditions of the Treaty of 1852, the British Government found that the) were the only one of the contracting parties which was pre pared to adhere to its provisions, and to that extent there • fore it might be regarded as modified. Some remarks having been made by the Marquis of CLA.NRICARDE, who deprecated further discussion, and expressed a hope that there wo u ld b e no more t a lk a b ou t bringi mngtahte " moral influen ce o f E ngland " to b ear upon foreign matters, stated that, according to niilreply, ownworall our former treaties of a work on the Danish Duchies, pt h m oeL i T t ot y rrwde w ias it Cy : Aio D nfM e h t i: s ma ißdwiE r e k. Ll hadll:, revived k The controversy was between the President of the Council on the one hand and Dr Twiss upon the other. At the same time, he (Lord Campbell) admitted that if the guarantees were not enforced, it was better for the country and the world they should not be held valid, NEW ZEALAND LOAN BILL. Earl GRANVILLE moved the second reading of the New Zealand Guarantee of Loan Bill, which had come up with the sanction of the Commons. The Earl of MALMESBURY condemned the measure as one of questionable policy, and said that if the colonies had to depend upon their own unaided efforts we should hear very little more of colonial wars. Should additional troops be required in New Zealand a portion of our Indian forces ought to be employed, Lord LYVEDEN also doubted the policy of the mea sure, but contented himself with protesting against it. The Duke of CAMBRIDGE stated that the British troops felt no disinclination whatever to the service in case they wore called on to perform it. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH feared that the colony would not be able to fulfil its obligations, The Earl of DONO TJCiHMORE also protested against the policy of guaranteeing the loan, and thought it would have been botter had we made the colony a present of the money. The Earl of HARROWBY supported the bill, which was then read a second time. Several other bills were also advanced a stage—and Their lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—Last Evening. The SPEAKER took the chair at three o'clock. STANDING ORDERS. Colonel W. PATTEN drew the attention of the house to the report of the committee appointed to revise the stand in orders in reference to private bills which was presented some time back, and he moved that the house should agree to that portion of the report which provides for referees in oppose them at that regard to the transaction of private business. Sir J. SHELLEY said that he didnoetcoonisal effect,iderthe bu t alterations at the same proposedti me h e would would advanced stare of the session. Lord R. CECIL differed from the hon. baronet, and supported the report. Kr S. FITZGERALD objected to the report, as an in jurious innovation, which would have the effect of depriv ing the house;of its legitimate control over private business. He trusted that the old standing orders would be reverted to if the alterations now proposed should not prove suc cessful. new orders, it w a(sAm providedong st t t h h e a a t 1 thete r n t i u o n m s b proposede members by b e t r h s e should be re duced from five to three.) Mr H. BAILLIE and Lord HOTIIAM objected to the pro posal, but the noble lord said he would not object to the number being reduced to four. Mr BOUVERIE considered that the jurisdiction in matters of private business should be retained, but in order to accomplisn that the pressure on members should be light ened. He consequently was in favour of the reduction pro posed. Sir E. COLEBROKE said that in his opinion a smal number of members would not command so much respect and confidence as a larger one, and on that ground he op posed the reduction. ROYAL COMMISSION. The discussion was interrupted by Colonel Clifford, Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod, summoning the members to the Upper House, to hoar the Royal two& given by commission to several bills. STANDING ORDERS. On the return of the Speaker and the members by whom he was accompanied, the discussion was resumed. Mr PAULL said that he could not, consistently with what he considered was due to the interests of the public, consent to a reduction of the existing number of the mem bers of committees on private bills. Mr M. GIBSON objected to the alteration on practical grounds, as it would give what he considered an undue influence to the chairman. If they could secure the attend ance of throe members, the case would be different, and he thought the number should not bo reduced below four. After some further discussion the House divided, and the numbers were— For the reduction ............ Against it . Majority • —7 Lord It. CECIL then moved that the committee should consist of four. Mr. Al. GIBSON supportod the amendment. The house divided on the technical motion that the committee should be composed of five. For the motion 55 . Against it . , ................ Majority —32 Colonel W. PATTEN then moved that the number divided. should be reduced to four, upon which th e house again ess o e f d a For the reduction to four..., . 98 Against 5O Majority ...... . " After some desultory c onversation, in the course of which hope that the question as to committees two votes should be postponed, The debate was then adjourned until to-morrow at the evening sitting. g L i o v r i d n g lt the CE ciL chairman expr ARTIFICERS IN THE DOCKYARD. Mr FERRAND gave notics that he would, to-morrow, ask a question relative to the Subject of the amcunt of re • muneration of artificers employed in the Dockyards. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. ?dr DOULTON asked the Secretary to the Treasury whether the Exch e q uer s tandards of we i g ht and measure had been adjusted and revarified, in pursuance of an assurance given by the Secretary H , of State for thehome Department on the 29th J uly, 1862, to the effect " that measures had already been taken for the accomplishment of that object)" whether the standards recently taken out of the wall of Parliament have been compared with those at the Exchequer; and, if so, whether any and what discre pancy was found to exist. GREENWICH HOSPITAL. Mr CRAWFORD asked the Secretary to the Admiralty whether it was the intention of the Lords Commissioners to appropria • te any portion of Greenwich Hospital for the re disabled s e ception of worn out and amen of the merchant service ? DEDUCTIONS BY THE; TREASURY. Mr HOWES asked the Secretary to the Treasury whether the opinion of the law officers of the Crown had been given on the construction of the act 19 and 20 Vic. c. 69, a. 16, re specting certain deduction s made b y the Treasury from the Government contribution of one-fourth part of the charge for the pay and clothing of the Police in counties and boroughs, and whether he would state the effect of such opinion ? Mr PEEL said that the law advisers of the Crown were of opinion that such deduction was lawf u l . FOREIGN FASSPOaTs. Mr D. GRIFFITH asked the Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs, whether the exemption of British subjects in France from the demand for passports nee exempts them also from their passports being demanded and given over to the custody of the captain on going on board French passenger steamers in the Mediterranean and elsewhere. Mr LAYARD said that he could not give accurate in formation on the subject. THE WAR IN AMERICA. Mr LINDSAY asked the First Lord of the Treasury, if, considering the great sacrifice of life and property occasioned by the war still raging between the United States of America and the Confederate States, and consider ing the loss the people of this country have suffered by the war, it is the intention of her Majesty's Government, in concert with the other Powers of Europe, to use their ooer hostilitiesene b e t, but inA it w eadeavours to bring about a su s p ensio n of hostilities. Lord PALMERSTON said that he could assure his hon, friend that the subject of t he loss of life and pr am o s notpeerrictya consequent on the unfortunate Government, v v r c o o c ri cu si p d i e e r d ed the ad a v t i t s e a n b t l i e on toD of i the t : r y et America. with other Powers Foit acting in concert FORTIFICATIONS a s ffa ß ir l a LL. On the order for reading the Fortifications (Provision for T i F t i Expenses) Bill a third time, Mr OSBORNE drew attention to the alterations which had been made in the original plan for the defences of Portsmouth,,by the abandonment of the fort on the Stour bridge shoal commanding the anchorage at Spithead, on account of the want of a solid foundation, and he effect of which would be a considerably increased expense. He also indulged in some animadversions upon the still de fective state of our ordnance, upon which in the five years between 1858 and 1863, upwards of two millions and a hall had been expeildtd, yet up to this moment only 2,370 suns had been issued to the two services, of which no more that 799 were 100-pounders. It was the opinion of Admiral Halstead, a flag officer on the active list, that the British navy was without any gun or armour plated ship warfare ; while the Royal commissioners reported that the only gun we could rely upon was the old 63-pounder smooth bore. In fact, he believed we had not a gun for our ships, and it was very doubtful whether we had a gun to put on th© Portsmouth forts when they were finished. He con• tended, as he had always done, that the proper defence of our shores ought to be confided to the navy—and he pro tested against this system of digging holes for the pur pose of burying millions in. It was time that the house should pause in its career of reckless expenditure, and en deavour to see if it could not lay out the public money more advantageously by improving and adding to our naval defences. The Marquis of HARTINGTON disputed the conclu sion that the country was in so helpless a condition as Mr Osborne would lead the house to believe. He admitted that it had become necessary, for the reason stated by the hon. member, to abandon the site of one of the intended forts; but that circumstance involved only a slight modi fication of the original scheme for the fortifications of Portsmouth. If delay had occurred it was very mainly attributable to the difficulties created by Mr Osborne and his friends. With regard to guns, the noble marquis entered at some length into a detailed statement of the pro ceedings of the War-office and the Admiralty in the endea vour to supply the services with an efficient weapon ; and added that experiments with the 600-pounders had been remarkably satisfactory, and proved that they would do all that could reasonably be expected from them. Although we were not quite so advanced in respect of ordnance as he could desire, he saw no reason why, by the time the forts were completed, they should not be erected with a portion of 600-pounders at least, and the remainder of guns of smaller calibre. Referring to an unfavourable comparison which Mr Osborne had drawn in the matter of ordnance with the French navy, the noble marquis observed that that was a subject upon which great misapprehension prevailed, for the French ships were still armed with old 32-pounders, which had been rifled and converted into breech-loaders, and would not carry a charge cf powder beyond eight or nine pounds. After some remarks from Captain JERVIS, in reply to Mr Osborne's reflections upon the Defence Commission, the bill was read a third time and passed, THE INDIAN MEDICAL SERVICE BILL. On the order for reading the Indian Medical Service Bill a third time, Mr HENNESSY moved that the order be discharged, on the ground that the bill would give the Secretary State for India the power of returning to the old system o nomination, and substituting it for the competitive system. which Parliament and the country had generally approved. Colonel NORTH seconded the motion. Sir C. WOOD explained that his object in introducing the measure was to obtain a better description of medical officers for the Indian service ; and the bill would enable the Secretary for India to avail himself, for the benefit of the native forces, of such assistant surgeons as had entered the Queen's army upon public competition, and naight subse quently volunteer for the Indian army. The bill was also opposed by Mr Monsell, Mr Lysley, and Sir E. Colebrook° ; and upon a division the motion of Mr Hennessy was carried against the Government by 46 to 44. The bill was therefore lost. The Defence Act Amendment Bill and the Cranbourne.‘ street Bill were read a third time. A warm discussion arose upon the motion of Mr Villiers to go into committee on the Poor Relief (111etropolis) Bill, the object of which is to provide for the relief of the casual poor within metropolitan limits; objection being taken to the rating powers with which the measure proposes to vest the metropolitan Board of Works as contrary to their proper and legitimate functions. Upon the understanding, however, that the bill should not extend beyond the Ist of April next the opposition was withdrawn and the bill passed through committee. The Naval Discipline Bill was read a second time. On the order for committing the Mutual Surrender of Criminals (Prussia) Bill, Mr WHITE complained that as the convention on which this measure was founded was only concluded on the sth of March last, it was unseemly and indecorous to in troduce such a bill at that period of the session. The con duct of Prussia was not of a nature to encourage the house to legislate in this way. Ho moved that the house should go into committee on that day month. Mr LAYARD said that the extradition powers conferred by the bill were precisely similar to those which were conceded to France, Italy, and other states, and it had nothing whatever to do with crimes of apolitical character. Lord R. CECIL could not agree that the political element was excluded. What the house had to keep in view was the law of conscription, which was sometimes made the instrument for perpetrating acts of gross oppres sion where it existed. And under this bill any man in the Prussian army who miglit break through a barrack and escape to England would come within the scope of the bill and be liable to be returned to Prussia as a burglar. The ATTORNEY GENERAL explained that the crime charged against the person whose extradition was required must be one clearly understood and known to the law of England. Mr FITZGERALD said that a man might be a political refugee in this country, and having been convicted of some crime in his absence might, under this bill, be demanded from the British Government. There ought to be a provi sion in the bill to guard against such a conviction as that. Lord PALMERSTON stated that the tre ay and the bill required that proof should be given to satisfy her Majesty that if the offence charged had been committed in this coun try it would, according to law, justify a remand. It was clear that no political offender could be claimed under the treaty. . _ _ Mr - J. LOCKE was opposed to straining a point in favour of Prussia, who was doing all she could to put down liberty on the Continent; and it was the duty of Parliament to guard against her invasion of our shores to seize upon political refugees. Mr FERRAND was of opinion that more time ought to be given hon members to see that the treaty was in accord ance with other extradition treaties. The ATTORNEY GENERAL said that the treaty with Prussia was exactly the same as that with France, and that English judges might be safely entrusted with the execution of its provisions when embodied in an act. Mr FT FZGERALD —That might be so, but the act of Parliament giving effect to the treaty was entirely different. For under the present bill a fugitive convicted of crime in Prussia might be given up on the production of an authen ticated certificate of his conviction and proof of his identity, Not one word of that sort, however, was to be found in the French aot. So far from its being identical therefore it was exactly the reverse. Sir G. GREY intimated that Mr Fii zgerald was referring to the French act of 1843, not of 1853. Lord PALMERSTON hai no objection, as there was some doubt with regard to the purport of the treaties, to adjourn the debate. _ _ _ The debate was thereupon adjourned until this day. THE VOTE OF CENSURE ON MR. LO WE. Lord PALMEItSTON moved that the house, having considered the report of the select committee appointed to inquire into the practise of the Committee of Council on Education with respect to the reports of her Majesty's in spectors of schools, was of opinion that the resolution passed on the 12th day of April last, with reference to such re ports, ought to be rescinded. The noble lord called upon the house to pass the resolution as an act of generosity and justice to the late Vice-President of Council for Education, who had been charged by the resolution agreed to on the motion of Lord R. Cecil with having mutilated the inspec tors' report—an allegation which the a inquiries of the select committee had shown to be at variance with the facts. Mr HO WES, as chairman of tha committee, expressed his approval of the resolution. In the discussion which followed, Mr Walter, Mr P. Powell, and Lord R. Cecil took part; the noble lord show ing that he was still of opinion that the Committee of Council were not justified in mutilating the reports of the inspectors of schools, cr in any way altering their meaning, when they were to be placed before the house; but as he had never made it a personal question affecting the honour of Mr Lowe he had no objection to agree to the resolution. He was gratified to find, however, that it was the intention of Sir J. I'akington to direct the attention of the house to the whole question of the constitution and practice of the Education Department early in the next session. The resolution was then put and agreed to nein, eon, The other business on the paper was also disposed of, and the house adjourned at twenty-five minutes to two o' cic ck, CONVICTION FOR MURDER IN IRELAND.—A young man named Michael Morrison has been capitally convicted at the Mayo Assize for the murder of a sub•constable named Coulon, at Castlebar, in July, 1863. He was returning to his lodgings from a friend's house, on the evening of the 26th of July, when he was attacked in a gateway by two persons, ono of whom was the prisoner, who stabbed him with a knife, inflicting a fatal wound in the neck. Upon being struck, the deceased was heard to exclaim, " Oh, Lord did I ever injure a man that I should be treated like that ?" and the prisoner afterwards EX. claimed, " Come on, I am after striking the with a knife I" The jury were locked up for a considerable time. When Baron Deasy returned to court they handed down a verdict of guilty, with a recommendation to mercy. The screams and wailing of the prisoner's friend at the an. nouncement of the verdict were wild in the extreme. The prisoner himself wept bitterly and asked for mercy. The scene was renewed next morning, when the judge pro nounced sentence of death, to be executed on the 25th of August. GLASGOW, July 23.—Cotton—The market has been steady during the wear, and prices remain unchanged. Iron—The stringency of the money m ar k e t has operated adversely to the pig iron market this week, Beginning at 59s 3d cash for warrants the price has gradu ally but steadily declined, touching 57s 100 this forenoon. Just at the close 5Ss was realised, and buyers remained— :sBs 10 asked. Three months, open nominally, 59s to 59 6 3d—G,M.B., No. 1,57 s 9d—No. 3, 57s—Gartsherrie, No. 1, 626 6d-3, ,503—N0. 1, Cultness, 62s 6d— Wenger neck, 58:19d- -Calder, 61a—Ez5linton, 5Ss. Business dom.. 101 i 1(31 102 1; 10:1 f 99j ICO 10) 94 SECIN. I EDITi The South Yorkshire Colliers, - 1 :!ki 1 • SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK. The locksout of the South Yorkshire colliers, which has lasted exactly 18 weeks, has maw tertali- Elated. At a meeting of the Coalowners' As sedation held at the King's Head Hotel, Barnsley, o n Satur day afternoon it was agreed that the lock-ou t should he removed, and the pits opened to the old hands. Birch Broom ...... For the last two or three weeks the time for resu 11,- ing work depended on the Oaks and High Roy d Anglo. Saxon colleries, which were to have their full complement ....... of hands before the oth ers were opene d. The Oaks yairwat er ....... has been supplied with a good number of men from Eight ran. Nottinghamshire and o th er p l aces ; an d a l t h oug h STEW ARDS ' C UP—Balornock reported scratched. Claxton OOD STAKES. (taken) there may not at present b e so l arge a staff as there L ATEST BETTING. was previous to the strike, y e t, cons id er i ng t h e G s eason, the managing part ner appears sat i sf i ed. A t 100 to 12 ngst 0 High Royd they are said to be underhanded, but :he proprietors, with their machinery and in ether niPERILL PARLIiTIENT ways, have advantages which will count er b a l ance a deficiency. There was great excitement in B arns - HO USE OF CO MMO.NS.-- not talee ul ry the of chair obta t i n l n l g h the t a I ley up to a late hour on Saturday night on it being The This Day. past 1 SP E AKER, of 4 rumoured that work was to be resumed at all th e 0 owing members, t did t hediffi collieries locked out. The feeling was one of intense attendance gratification, which could be read in the feces of t pas the numerous knots of miners which were to be met with in the principal thoroughfares in the town, anxiously discussing the probability of the rumour being correct, and which to them was of such vital importance. The determination of the masters was not officially announced to the public, but it is ex pected that by Thursday the greater part of the men will be employed. The lock-out has caused a vast amount of suffering, which has been borne with great patience, and it will take a consi derable time for the men to replace what they have been forced to dispose of to keep life in them selves and their families. The loss in wages alone during the time the strike and lock-out have lasted considerably exceeds £60,000. Singularly enough, the lock-out terminated by agreement on the day when the first coat-cutting machine was introduced and tried in the Barnsley coalfield, and which is to be followed by a number of others as fast as they can be turned out. The one alluded to was tried at Messrs. Hall and Stones, High Royd Colliery, on Saturday, and was in every way satisfactory. If as successful in cutting the coal as is expected, they must work a revolution in the coal trade, and, while altering the position of our colliery population, will diminish the chance of turn-outs for the future. The machines, it is said, will cut as much as 30 tops per hour, equivalent to the labour of 25 men, and in connexion with them ponies, it is said, will be intro. duced into the thick seam for hurrying purposes. The men who struck at the Oaks and High hoyd Collieries continue out, and show no disposition to resume work on the old terms, and are tolerably well supported. How the termination of the lock out will affect them is not apparent, but the fact of the great body of the men resuming work will be received with satisfaction by the public, and by none with more pleasure than the colliers themselves. At the Barnsley Court-house yesterday eight colliers, named Wright, Carr, Hammerton, Simmons, Doran, Macarthy, Dundas, and Winter were charged with conspiracy. On the 16th lost., at Barnsley, they had attacked men at the Oaks Colliery on their return from work, there being at the time a mob of 5,000 persons present. They were committed to the assizes on three charges. SPORTING INTE LLIGENCE.--This Day, GOODWOOD RACES -THIS DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGBAP CRAVEN STAKES. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lords' amendments to the following bills were con sidered and agreed to :—Metropolitan and Saint John's Wood Railway—Alton, Airesford, and Winchester Rail way—Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway (New Lines)—Dublin Improvement—North Staffordshire R a il. way (New Works)—North Staffordshire Railway (Silver dale, Madeley, and Drayton) —Great Western Eailway— North Devon and Somerset Railway—Petersfield and Bishops Waltham Railway —South Eastern Rallway (No. 4). The following bills were read a third time and passed : Kilkenny Junction Railway—Much. Wenlock and Severn Junction and Wenlock Railway Companies—Aldborough Pier and Railway—Earl of Abergavenny's Estates—Far sontown and Portumna Bridge Railway, NAVAL DISCIPLINE BILL. This bill, containing 95 clauses, passed through com mittee without a single remark. POOR RELIEF (METROPOLIS) BILL. The amendments to this bill were considered and agreed to, and on the motion that the bill be read a third time, Mr T. V. MILLER expressed a hope that the President of the Poor Law Board would not allow the principle of this bill to be drawn into a precedent for future tion. After a few words from Mr VILLIEns the motion was read a third time and agreed to, and the bill passed. SALMON FISHERIES (SCOTLAND) BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. BLEACHING AND DYEING WORKS ACT AMENDMENT' BILL. The Lords' amendments to this bill were considered and agreed to. The Crops in Yorkshire, The hay harvest in this county is now nearly come pleted, and on the whole has been remarkably well won, in many cases the grass having been mown one day and gathered off the ground the neat. The produce varies widely in different quarters of the county. In the dales of the North Aiding the unusual heat of May caused an early spring vegeta tion, which the frosts and succeeding cold of June cut down. The hill sides are not yet quite brown from the effects of frost. The absence of rain in June, followed by a very long drought, has ren dered the meadows very short of grass, and the con sequence is that the hay crop is only about half the average per acre. Pastures are very poor for want of rain, and, on the whole, present prospects for grazing and for winter fodder are anything but sa tisfectory upon the dairy farms. Further south, and in the East Riding, the drought has been less felt, but crops are below the average yield. This is causing buyers of hay to look after old stacks, where they are to be found, and prices are on the rise, with a prospect of higher figures as winter approaches. The shortness of the crop, how ever, is in some measure compensated by the splen did condition in which all the hay has been won, no rain having fallen worth mention for several weeks. The corn crops, on the whole, are looking well, but are much below the standard of last har vest, although farmers mostly admit there is about an average of promise. The want of rain has caused the straw, especially of spring corn, to be short, tending to give the crops a lighter appearance on the land than is really the case. Should the present hot weather continue there will be a rapid ripening, and harvest may be looked for in about three weeks in the forwardest parts. The pea, bean, and other crops are generally good. The turnip crop varies very much. In many places the fly did great injury to the first sowing, and there are very few early sown flats really good. The second crops got away , pretty well, but the cold of June and the small rain fall of July have kept them back, and the crops as a whole will be late, but, with a flue autumn, pretty good. The June frost caused a general destruction of the potato foliage, and as the succeeding weather has been trying, the produce is yet small in size. The crops, however, look healthy, and so far no complaint of disease has been heard. The old crop was never sold off, and many hundreds of bushels have been pulped for the cattle and pigs, and have helped out the shortness of grass in places. It is the opinion that this year's crop will prove sound but not heavy, and prices have mended considerably —2s 6d per bushel being given by dealers in the field, and the retail price being 3s to 4s. The gene. ral desire is for rain, which has been much under the average—indeed, in some of the wold districts very little rain has fallen this year. DYEING FEATUERS.—An important branch of the tinctorial art, that which comprises the dyeing of feathers intended for dress, has just been considerably improved in consequence of the discovery of the colours made with aniline. Feathers, before being dyed, are sub jected to a process of ablution and bleaching, in order to carry off all tatty or colouring matter. Fur this purpose, after the feathers have been properly sorted, they are treated with a lukewarm solution of about llb of soap in two of water. The feathers are left in this solution until the soap has produced its effect, and they are then put into a second bath similar to the former. They are then carefully raised several times, and after wards bleached by exposing them to the action of sulphurous acid, obtained by the combustion of sulphur ; after which they are washed once more and dried. The dyeing process now begins : they are dyed black by boiling them in a solu tion of alum and Campeachy wood, to which the sulphates of iron and copper are added ; lilac is obtained by herb-archel or chinney. weed, carmine extracted from indigo and alum ; yellow of various shades by acetate of lead and chromate of potash, or else by annotto and a solution of potash ; green, by a solution of indigo and picric acid ; blue, by a solution of indigo and alum, or else by nitrate of iron and the yellow prussiate of potash ; and lastly, red by cochineal of Brazil wood. But much finer results are obtained in red, violet, or blue by employing the colours obtained from aniline, which adhere to feathers with as much tenacity as they do to cotton or wool, and give them a peculiar brilliancy. The only precaution to be observed is, to clean the feathers well before dipping them into the warm bath containing co lours of the colours and to leave them in long enough to allow colours to penetrate. As the colours of anilino are now water, into in a dry form, the bath may consist o into which an alcholi c s o lution of the, colosuttebnegramoadtetrearteis: poured. The temperature of the bah mu otherwise the feathers would be s p uft. with the yetw rod, e SALMON FISHING IN TO E NEM Elle salmon improving, agtk,beun t a s h fi a s v h e ia n g ot heardin the of N a essis single fish b The river is very low, an d a nglers know that, und er th ese circumstances, the rod and line are out of the question. The high tides of the past week have brought up an im mense o f grilse. On Tuesdey, about mid-day, we o b serve d a larg° shoal pass..n g under the Suspe nsio n milg e numberheacid a s usual, by one of the, largest of their e n.umber. Grilse now weigh as high as 8 lb., and salmon from 20 to 26 lb. Dochfour Station is yielding very little now, but on the whole there is no reason to complain. Sea trout are fast making their appearance, and in many in stances they have exceeded the grilse in size,----inrerness Colo ier. SALE OF GAS (SCOTLAND) BILL The Lon& amendments to this bill were considered and agreed to. The Lords' amendments to the following bills were alto considered and agreed to :—Burials Registration, Accidents Compensation Act Amendment, Poisoned Flesh Prohibi tion, and Justices Proceeding. Confirmation (Sussex). The sitting was then suspended until six o'clock. SHIPPING -THIS DAY, LONDON, July 26.—Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly; moderate breeze and fine weather, but rather cloudy. PORTSMOUTH, July 25.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Strath. alien, from London for New Zeeland, wits stem and cut. water damaged—Her Majesty's ship Narcissus, from the Cape of Good Hope. FALmount, July 26.—Wind N.W,—Arrived—Amonoo, from PorEgtund for New York, leaky. CLYDE, July 25.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Kurrechee, from Havannah—Douglas Castle, from llatanzas—Buce phalus, from Quebec. PLYMOUTH, July 25.—Wind S.«.—Arrived—Betty, from Allyab—Anna, from Buenos Ayrez—.sir Robert Sale, from London for Sydney. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TAT TERSALLS'LLAsr EVENING. STEWARDS' CUP. 10 to lon the field (offered) 15 to 1 agst Balornock (taken) 100 to 6 agst Lucky Star (takeu and offered) 20 to 1 agst Marigold (taken) GOODWOOD SThXES. 2to 1 apt Thalestris (wanteded) 11 to 1 aget Blondin (offered) 15 to 1 eget Limosina (taken) GOODWOOD CDP. Claremont Scratched. An Extraordinary Story. The Nashville Times publishes the following rea markable letter from a young woman, telling how she pursued and shot a rebel, to avenge the murder of her lover :—" I had met Peteet, Gordenhire, and Turner on the road, and told my brother there that they were searching for Dr. Saddler to kill him. Sure enough they went to the house where ho was,' and, strange to me, after his warning, he permitted them to come in. They met him apparently pert fectly friendly, a nd said they had come to get soma brandy from Mr. Yelton, which they obtained, and immediately after drinking they all three drew their pistols and commenced firing at Saddler. lie drew his, but it was snatched away from him. Ho then drew his knife which was also taken from him. He then ran round the house and up a stairway, escaping out of their eight. They followed, however, and searched till they found him, and brought him down and laid him on a bed mortally wounded. He requested some of his people to send for Dr. Dillin to dress his wounds. It is strange to me why, but Saddler's friends had all left the room, when Turner went up and put his pistol against his temple, and shot him through the head. They all rejoiced like demons, and stood by till he made his last struggle. They then pulled hs eyes open, and asked him in a loud voice if he were dead. They then took his horse and saddle and pistols, and robbed him of all his money, and otherwise instlted and abused his re mains. Now for this I resolved to have revenge, Peteet and Gordenhire being dead, I determined to kill Turner, and had to seek an early opportunity of doing it. But I kept that resolution to myself, knowing that I would be prevented. I went prepared, but never could got to see him. On Thursday before I killed him I learned that he was preparing to leave Lou isiana, and I determined he should not escape if I could prevent it. I arose that morning and fixed my pistols so that they would be sure to fire, and determined to hunt him all that day. Then sitting down I wrote a few lines, so that if I fell my friends would know where to look for my remains. I took my knitting as if I were going to spend the day with a neighbour living on the road toward Turner's. It rained very severely, making the roads muddy, t d t so that became fatigued, and concluded to go back and ride next day, on Saturday. But ma rode my h orse e 'on Saturday and left me to keep house. W had company on Sunday morning, so that I leave, but the company left about 12901], and (ciolusl house, a rd not home, and again in search of Turner. I went to a man came to see T urner about 21 miles from pa's. I found and therefore sat down to await no n his return.oe at After tians, his waiting,sister-in and n ot fi p n e d r i h n agpha hours, s ur a s d he supposed th at h e and sister-in law, wifheohlaidved about one mile distant . I concluded to go there and see , fearing the max would tell hi m I w as waiting for him , and he would esca p e me. I found m there, and a n um b er o f ot h er including his wife and h er f a th er an d mo ther. Most of them left when I entered the house. I a sked Mr s Christian if Turner was gone. done tot one Mrs C She pointed pointed to him at the gate, just leaving. I looked at the clock, and it was half.past foar p.m. I then walked out into the yard, and as Turner was starting, called him to stop. He turned, and saw I was preparing to shoot him. He started to run. I fired at the distance of about twelve paces and missed. I fired again as quickly as pos sible ; hit him in the back of his head, and he fell on his face and knee. I fired again, and hit him i n the back, and he fell on his right ride. I fired twice more, only one of the shots taking effect. By this time I was within five steps of him, and steed and watched him till he was dead. I then turned round and walked toward the house, and met Mrs. Chris tint and her sister (his wife) coming out. They asked me what I did it for? resptmse was , You know what he did the 13th of December last —murdered a dear friend of mine.. I gyve been de termined to do this de ad ever F.lnee, and I shall never regret it. They said no morn to me, but cern. menced hallooing and blowing a horn. I got my horse and started home, where I shall stay or leave when I choose, going where I please, and saybg what I please." I